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Enjoy a fantastic start to the new year with us in the Dvořák Hall at the Rudolfinum! Our Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating the occasion under the baton of conductor Jan Kučera. At this gala New Year's concert, we will hear tenor Daniel Matoušek, guitarist and mandolin player Barbora Kubíková and pianist and singer Ahmad Hedar. Together they have rehearsed an attractive program called ‘O sole mio – the most famous Italian songs and arias, composed by: Hector Berlioz, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gioacchino Rossini and others.

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New Year's Concert ´O sole mio - the most famous Italian songs and arias

Rudolfinum

In an interview, our principal conductor remarked approvingly that our orchestra's "special ability" is to "truly give its all in every concert"—and under his direction, we achieve this particularly well because we have long since achieved perfect synergy. We are delighted to immerse ourselves once again in a highly romantic work by his beloved composer Dvořák, who was once called the "prophet of Czech art." It was also said of his invigorating musical language and colorful inventiveness that one could argue about them as little as about the arrival of spring. This concert focuses on one of his vocal works, which Jakub Hrůša calls a "wonderful gift"—and whose "sensual melodic charm" was already praised by his contemporaries: The Stabat Mater, the setting of the medieval poem of the same name about Mary's grief at the sight of Jesus on the cross, is an exceptionally vivid and emotional piece.

Jakub Hrůša: Dvořák's Stabat mater

Bamberger Symphoniker

Our principal conductor once praised the "natural quality" of our orchestra, saying that we "never play routinely" and therefore it "never sounds boring." He particularly appreciates our great enthusiasm for discovering the often still unknown music of his homeland, and so we will once again delve with him into the Czech repertoire, which has become irresistible to us – with exciting works such as the "Suita rustica" by Vítězslava Kaprálová, who was not only a highly gifted composer but also the first female conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. She came from Brno but died in exile in France at the young age of 25.

Guest at the Vienna Musikverein

Vienna Music Society

The first half of the concert will be of Russian Romanticism music. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov is one of his most technically demanding piano concertos. The young British artist Isata Kanneh-Mason will be presented to the audience in Prague. The second part of the evening will be of Russian music of the 20th century. The chief conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka, will present the neo-classical oratorio-opera Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto was written by the French poet and playwright Jean Cocteau, based on Sophocles' tragedy of the same name. The title roles will be played by: Ester Paulů (mezzo-soprano), Jiří Brückler (baritone), Pavel Švingr (bass) and Daniel Matoušek (tenor), with Igor Bareš as the narrator. The artists will be accompanied by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the male part of the Prague Philharmonic Choir.

Tenor

Daniel Matoušek

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 4, 2026

New Year's Concert ´O sole mio - the most famous Italian songs and arias · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mar 22, 2026

Jakub Hrůša: Dvořák's Stabat mater · Bamberger Symphoniker

25 - 26 Mar, 2026

Guest at the Vienna Musikverein · Bamberger Symphoniker

Apr 20, 2026

Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Stabat Mater by Dvořák

Bamberger Symphoniker

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